The purpose of the European Lisp Symposium is to provide a forum forthe discussion and dissemination of all aspects of design,implementation and application of any of the Lisp and Lisp-inspireddialects, including Common Lisp, Scheme, Emacs Lisp, AutoLisp, ISLISP,Dylan, Clojure, ACL2, ECMAScript, Racket, SKILL, and so on. Weencourage everyone interested in Lisp to participate.

The main theme of the 2012 European Lisp Conference is"Interoperability: Systems, Libraries, Workflows". Lisp based andfunctional-languages based systems have grown a variety of solutionsto become more and more integrated with the wider world of Informationand Communication Technologies in current use. There are severaldimensions to the scope of the solutions proposed, ranging from"embedding" of interpreters in C-based systems, to the development ofabstractions levels that facilitate the expression of complex contextdependent tasks, to the construction of exchange formats handlinglibraries, to the construction of theorem-provers for the "SemanticWeb". The European Lisp Symposium 2012 solicits the submission ofpapers with this specific theme in mind, alongside the moretraditional tracks which have appeared in the past editions.

Zadar is one of the enchanting cities on the Adriatic coast rich inhistory. It still preserves a very old network of narrow and charmingcity streets, as well as a Roman forum dating back to the firstcentury AD. In addition, Zadar region encompasses many naturalbeauties, most prominent among them is the Kornati National Park, themost unusual and indented set of small islands in the Mediterranean(89 islands, islets and reefs) located only 15 nautical miles south ofZadar – a visit to Kornati is planned as a part of the conference.

Accomoodation:

Participants are responsible for their own accommodationarrangements. Reservations should be made directly to the hotels.

When making reservations in hotel Hotel Kolovare, please indicate thatyou are with ELS 2012 / University of Zadar and you will get adiscount. Due to the popularity of the location in spring, an earlyreservations is recommended.